… or the never-ending story of finding the perfect WordPress theme. I know you’ve endured quite the theme-changing here lately, which was first due to the “I am going pink for October!” initiative and then the need to change it back to something non-pink in November. I ended up with...
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Today is November 11 and unfortunately I missed to post this at exactly 11:11 am which marks the beginning of the “fifth season” in Germany – Carnival. The Rhineland area, where I come from, is especially famous for their Carnival celebrations which culminate in a week-long street festival leading up...
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I love lazy Saturdays. I slept in today. Like in “real late”. I think I got up at noon for the first time when I heard J make some coffee downstairs. Nice thing to wake up to the smell of fresh coffee :) I could also hear the rain pattering...
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A big plus when moving in with my fabulous roomate was the fact that she had cats :) I love cats. My sister and I were never allowed to have pets when were little. Except for two budgies that one of our great-aunts gave us for our 6th birthday, no...
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I joined the gym. Remember how I was talking about that it would probably not make sense to join a gym and that I could go running at the nearby park? Yeah, actually… it does make sense to join a gym. At least for me. I am much more motivated to...
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Exactly one year ago, I went to the US Embassy in Germany for my Green Card interview. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. I recall that I was nervous as hell and was so thankful that my Dad took the day off to accompany me to Frankfurt. We...
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As one of my dear friends pointed out to me today in an email, it’s only 48 more days until Christmas. Holy moly. That is like what? Not even 7 weeks. I should definitely start planning. First of all, I’ll be doing the Christmas card exchange again. Last year, some...
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We went to a College Football Game on Saturday. The Causeway Classic is the annual Football Game between UC Davis and Sacramento State University. Big rivalry! We’ve watched the game a couple of times before when J was still in College and when I used to work in Sacramento for...
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